1933 Grand Prix of Tunisia

Race start

Race winner Tazio Nuvolari

The Grand Prix de Tunisie took place on March 29th at the 12.715km Carthage Grand Prix Circuit .

run

After the Grand Prix de Pau, the Grand Prix convoy made a stop near the ancient city of Carthage for the fifth time . After the race was held on the Bardo Street Circuit in 1928 and 1929 , the Grand Prix de Tunisie has been driven on the Carthage Grand Prix Circuit since 1931. What was new this time, however, was that only drivers who were also registered for the Monaco Grand Prix were invited to this Grand Prix. In addition, there were also Formula Libre cars at the start without any technical changes to the cars or a separate rating.

While in Pau almost exclusively French pilots were at the start, the favored Italians were also registered in Tunisia, above all Tazio Nuvolari - but he only made it to 13th place in training.

After Louis Braillard took the lead for about half a lap after the start, he quickly lost it to Baconin Borzacchini . After only two laps, Tazio Nuvolari took the lead and defended it to the end. But the result was remarkably close - after about three and a half hours of racing time, the winner Novolari and second-placed Borzacchini were only 0.2 seconds apart.

Results

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Frédéric Toselli	02	Frédéric Toselli	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor	M.
		Louis Joly
Guy minor	04th	Guy minor	Bugatti T35C	Bugatti 2.0L I8 compressor	M.
László Hartmann	06th	László Hartmann	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Scuderia Ferrari	08th	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor	E.
	28	Tazio Nuvolari
Pietro Ghersi	10	Pietro Ghersi	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Robert Brunet	12	Robert Brunet	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Paul Pietsch	14th	Paul Pietsch	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor	FU
Stanislaw Czaykowski	16	Stanislaw Czaykowski	Bugatti T51C	Bugatti 2.0L I8 compressor
Louis Braillard	18th	Louis Braillard	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Jean Gaupillat	20th	Jean Gaupillat	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Luigi Premoli	22nd	Luigi Premoli	BMP hybrid	Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor
Raymond Summers	24	Raymond Summers	Maserati 8CM	Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor
Benoît Falchetto	26th	Benoît Falchetto	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Equipe Villars-Waldthausen	30th	Julio Villars	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor	MZ
	32	Horst von Waldthausen
Goffredo Zehender	34	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati 8C 2800	Maserati 2.8L I8 supercharger
Philippe Étancelin	36	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor
Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	38	Achille Varzi	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor	M.
		Pierre Veyron
Marcel Lehoux	40	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti T51	Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor
Officine Alfieri Maserati	42	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati 8C 3000	Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor
Juan Zanelli	44	Juan Zanelli	Alfa Romeo Monza	Alfa Romeo 2.3L I8 compressor

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	37	1	3: 29: 15,400	13	5: 05,000
02	Baconin Borzacchini	Alfa Romeo	37	1	+ 0.200	3
03	Goffredo Zehender	Maserati	37	1	+ 11: 58,000	16
04th	Horst von Waldthausen	Alfa Romeo	37	1	+ 12: 01,000	15th
05	Benoît Falchetto	Bugatti	37	1	+ 12: 18,600	12
06th	Frédéric Toselli Louis Joly	Alfa Romeo	37	1	+ 15: 54.200	1
07th	Paul Pietsch	Alfa Romeo	37	1	+ 17: 17.200	6th
08th	Juan Zanelli	Alfa Romeo	37	1	+ 19: 07.200	4th
-	Guy minor	Bugatti	36	1	NC	2		no more fuel
-	Julio Villars	Maserati	36	1	NC	14th		angled
-	Louis Braillard	Bugatti	35		NC	8th		angled
-	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo	21st		DNF	17th		Axle break
-	Jean Gaupillat	Bugatti	15th		DNF	9		broken oil pan
-	Robert Brunet	Bugatti	14th		DNF	5		no more oil pressure
-	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	12		DNF	20th		defective magneto
-	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	11		DNF	18th		defective drive shaft
-	Luigi Premoli	BMP	8th		DNF	10		Power transmission, second gear broken
-	Stanislaw Czaykowski	Bugatti	6th		DNF	7th		defective oil pump
-	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	6th		DNF	19th		Valve damage
-	Raymond Summers	Maserati	5		DNF	11		defective magneto

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